Midnight Society: The Black Lake Comes to Dark Horse

Drew Edward Johnson may have experience working on Wonder Woman and Star Wars, but that creative itch gets to the best of us where we want to do something more. Something original. Something like Midnight Society: The Black Lake, which is Johnson's first creator-owned work. It combines intrigue, secret agents, monsters and more.

“I began my career in comics working with Dark Horse on Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron,” Johnson said. “To bring my first creator-owned project to Dark Horse Comics is a great homecoming for me. Especially given the opportunity to work with my editor, Philip Simon, whom I had the good fortune of working with in the early days of my career. I’m thrilled and honored to join Dark Horse’s line of genre-bending horror-adventure books, like Hellboy, B.P.R.D., The Goon, and so many more, which have all influenced my work heavily over the years.”

Forty years ago, England’s greatest adventurers cast aside their friendship, making a choice that would come to haunt humanity. Now, secret agent Matilda Finn will face the consequences of that choice as she aids in a frantic rescue operation at Scotland’s Loch Ness, where something terrible is waiting to draw her into the fight of her life!

Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1 goes on sale June 17. Full press release below.

THEY TRANSFORMED HER INTO A MONSTER HUNTER. BUT SHE WAS ALREADY SOMETHING ELSE.

DREW EDWARD JOHNSON’S FIRST CREATOR-OWNED SERIES, ‘MIDNIGHT SOCIETY: THE BLACK LAKE,’ COMES TO DARK HORSE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—In June, Drew Edward Johnson (Wonder Woman) makes his creator-owned debut, combining intrigue, secret agents, monsters, and more in Midnight Society: The Black Lake. Forty years ago, England’s greatest adventurers cast aside their friendship, making a choice that would come to haunt humanity. Now, secret agent Matilda Finn will face the consequences of that choice as she aids in a frantic rescue operation at Scotland’s Loch Ness, where something terrible is waiting to draw her into the fight of her life! “I began my career in comics working with Dark Horse on Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron,” Johnson told Comics Bulletin. “To bring my first creator-owned project to Dark Horse Comics is a great homecoming for me. Especially given the opportunity to work with my editor, Philip Simon, whom I had the good fortune of working with in the early days of my career. I’m thrilled and honored to join Dark Horse’s line of genre-bending horror-adventure books, like Hellboy, B.P.R.D., The Goon, and so many more, which have all influenced my work heavily over the years.” For a first look at Drew Edward Johnson’s art and more of his thoughts on the series, head over to Comics Bulletin. Preorder a copy today at your local comics shop. Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1 Drew Edward Johnson (W/A/Cover), Ray Snyder (I), and Lizzy John (C) On sale June 17 FC, 32 pages $3.99 Miniseries ### For more information or interview opportunities, contact: Aub Driver aubd@darkhorse.com | Steve Sunu steves@darkhorse.com About Dark Horse Founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent, such as Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Brian Wood, Gerard Way, Felicia Day, and Guillermo del Toro, and comics legends, such as Will Eisner, Neal Adams, and Jim Steranko, Dark Horse has developed its own successful properties, such as The Mask, Ghost, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Its successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Mass Effect, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, EVE Online, Halo, Serenity, Game of Thrones, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of both creator-owned content and licensed comics material.